Famous Astronaut Retires

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Famous Astronaut Retires By Carola Hoyos Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut who recently retired. Many people could learn from the way Hadfield handled (טִפֵּל, הִתְעַסֵּק) his retirement. Mr Hadfield, 54, spent nearly 4,000 hours in space. He became famous after a video of him singing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” on the International space station ((תַּחֲנַת חָלָל was posted on YouTube. “I was an astronaut for 21 years, which gave me a lot more time to think and plan and look ahead and I think that makes all the difference – recognising that being an astronaut is not your whole life.” In the 1960s and 1970s, many astronauts had to retire suddenly when the Apollo programme, designed to send men to the moon, ended early. Many of the Apollo astronauts had to survive on their military ((צָבָא salaries. Jim Lovell, who took part in the Apollo 13 flight to the moon, became captain of a boat after retirement. Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, became a second-hand (יד שנייה, מְשׁוּמָשׁ) car salesman. Mr Hadfield and his wife Helene planned his retirement together, something the two had done for many things from the very start of their marriage. For example, they decided the best time to have children was early in Mr Hadfield’s career as an air force ((חֵיל הַאֲוִיר officer, when they would be living in remote (מְרֻחָקים) parts of Canada where Ms Hadfield would not be able to advance (לְקַדֵם) her career in computer programming (it was the early 1980s). They had two boys and a girl before they were 25. The couple thought their plan would allow Ms Hadfield to restart her career when they were living in bigger cities and their children were in school. Mr Hadfield, for his part, sees his success as a way of becoming a better person. “It is who you are now that matters and what your experience has given you,” he says. “What skills has it given you to go forward with? Once you start thinking about this, then you can start looking at how you can build your life afterwards,” Mr Hadfield says. Retirement has given him time for other things. He wrote a book about his time as an astronaut, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth. He also teaches aviation (תְּעוּפָה) at the University of Waterloo, works with various aerospace companies and also as an analyst (אָנָלִיסְט, מְנַתֵּחַ) for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Mr Hadfield thinks that success is not only found at work. “In the west we tend ((נוטים not to develop the inner self,” he says, adding that the best way to retire is to not change how you use your mind, relate to people or organise your day.